½ Bolívar

½ Bolívar - obverse½ Bolívar - reverse

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Features

Issuer Venezuela
Period United States (1864-1953)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1944-1946
Value ½ Bolivar (½ bolívar) (½ VEB)
Currency Bolivar (1879-2007)
Composition Silver (.835)
Weight 2.5 g
Diameter 18.5 mm
Thickness 1.0 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized 31 December 2011
Number
N#
7727
References Y# 21a,
Richard S. Yeoman, Arthur L. Friedberg; 2007. A Catalog of Modern World Coins : 1850-1964 (14th edition). Whitman Publishing Company, Atlanta, United States.
And 1 more volumes.
NCV# mv0.5bs-ba
Catálogo Numismático de Venezuela (https://www.numismatica.info.ve/en/index.htm)

Obverse

The arms of Venezuela with legend around and the weight, date, and fineness at the bottom

Script: Latin

Lettering:
•ESTADOS UNIDOS DE VENEZUELA•
GR.2.500•1944•LEI 835

Translation:
United States of Venezuela
2.5 grams 1844 0.835

Engraver: Désiré-Albert Barre

Reverse

Bust facing left flanked with legend and the engraver's name at the bottom

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BOLÍVAR LIBERTADOR
BARRE

Translation:
Bolivar Liberator
Barre

Engraver: Désiré-Albert Barre

Edge

Reeded

½ Bolívar -  obverse

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Mints

United States Mint of Denver, United States (1906-date)
United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)

Comments

this currency was minted according to the standards of the Latin Union, although the latter had already been dissolvedAutomatically translated

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1944  500 000 9% NCV# mv0.5bs-ba01; Accent in "BOLÍVAR"; Denver Mint; Minted in 1945
1944  4% NCV# mv0.5bs-ba01v2; No accent in "BOLIVAR"; Denver Mint; Minted in 1945
1945  Photo 4 000 000 $ 1.60 $ 2.20 $ 3.50 $ 5.30 $ 13 65% NCV# mv0.5bs-ba02; Philadelphia Mint; Minted in 1946
1946  Photo 2 500 000 $ 1.60 $ 1.60 $ 2.20 $ 2.70 42% NCV# mv0.5bs-ba03; Philadelphia Mint; Minted in 1947

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Examples of the type

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1945 – NCV# mv0.5bs-ba02; Philadelphia Mint; Minted in 1946 • 18.5 mm2.5 g
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Barquisimeto (19th October 2016)
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1946 – NCV# mv0.5bs-ba03; Philadelphia Mint; Minted in 1947 • 18.5 mm2.5 g
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Barquisimeto (19th October 2016)
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